then if I need a ride. I’m sure
Esilee has a car she can bring me home.” He was practically
pleading. He couldn’t leave, there’s was just something magical
about Esilee, she was like a drug and he needed more, so much
more.
She stepped next to them
as if conjured by Aiden’s mere thought of her. Her snow white
complexion glowed in the dim bar light and her eyes held a shine
Aiden hadn’t seen in them earlier. He wondered if it was the man’s
soul trapped inside of her.
Esilee looked at Jared,
who was looking at his friend with such a pained concern it hurt
her heart. Aiden must be an amazing man to have a friend who cared
for him so very much. While the man eating siren in her enjoyed the
rugged bravery Jared possessed, she was attracted more to the soft,
passionate emotions that Aiden displayed with each move of his
hands. She didn’t care that when he wasn’t speaking aloud she
didn’t know what the movement meant. It wasn’t the actual words
that moved her, it was the raw emotion she could feel coming from
each gesture. She’d heard men speak for more lifetimes than she
could account for. They spoke with anger and lust and mostly with
lies, Aiden spoke with only his heart, and for that she instantly
loved him.
Their eyes met and
something stirred deep inside of her, she knew she couldn’t lose
him.
“I promise to bring him
back safe and sound.” She smiled at Jared, but he refused to
budge.
“Sorry sister, no man left
behind, he’s coming with me.” He reached for Aiden’s arm, but Aiden
stepped away.
“Not tonight Jared. I’m
staying.” Aiden wrapped his fingers between Esilee’s.
“Then I stay too.” Jared
said as he sat down on the barstool next to him.
Esilee and Aiden looked at
one another, unsure what to do next, both desperate to stay
together, alone. She mouthed a word to Aiden and he nodded, looking
away from his friend.
Softly, she began to sing
a song about deep rivers and secrets beneath the rushing water.
Jared swayed as if caught in the imaginary current, and drifted
towards the door. Without looking back he left the shack, Aiden
heard the truck start and pull away into the night.
“Will he make it home
okay?” He asked.
“Yes, he’ll be fine, I
promise. In a few days he’ll remember you were both here, but he
won’t remember leaving you here, or anything else about
tonight.”
Aiden looked towards the
door one last time as she led him towards the stage, towards the
same dark portal she’d taken the man earlier, the man she’d
devoured.
“Goodnight Rocco.” She
called to the bartender. He only nodded and headed for the parking
lot.
“Does he have any idea
what goes on here?” Aiden asked.
“Not really, I keep him in
a fog when he’s here. He knows he works here, he knows not to let
the men get out of hand and he knows to go home. Once he’s home
he’s normal until I see him again. It’s safer for him.”
She pushed open the large
wood door and Aiden couldn’t help looking around anxiously. The
room was large with natural wood walls and deep aqua marine
decorations. A circular rug covered most of the floor. It was a
deep blue with thin gold strands running through it. In the far
corner sat a king sized canopy bed, a deep blue curtain hung all
around it. In the corner across from the bed sat an antique
chifforobe and a dressing curtain. Esilee stepped behind the
curtain and Aiden waited patiently for her. With the curtain
between them he couldn’t tell if she was saying anything. Often
people forgot when talking to him that he had to be looking at
their face to understand them.
Her dress appeared
suddenly as she slung it over the curtain, followed by a sheer lace
bra. The idea of her naked behind the thin sheet made him ache. He
wanted to gaze endlessly at her flawless skin, to watch her move,
to taste her lips. He’d never wanted anything more in his whole
life.
Esilee peered around the
curtain watching with amusement as he shifted uncomfortably
Esilee has a car she can bring me home.” He was practically
pleading. He couldn’t leave, there’s was just something magical
about Esilee, she was like a drug and he needed more, so much
more.
She stepped next to them
as if conjured by Aiden’s mere thought of her. Her snow white
complexion glowed in the dim bar light and her eyes held a shine
Aiden hadn’t seen in them earlier. He wondered if it was the man’s
soul trapped inside of her.
Esilee looked at Jared,
who was looking at his friend with such a pained concern it hurt
her heart. Aiden must be an amazing man to have a friend who cared
for him so very much. While the man eating siren in her enjoyed the
rugged bravery Jared possessed, she was attracted more to the soft,
passionate emotions that Aiden displayed with each move of his
hands. She didn’t care that when he wasn’t speaking aloud she
didn’t know what the movement meant. It wasn’t the actual words
that moved her, it was the raw emotion she could feel coming from
each gesture. She’d heard men speak for more lifetimes than she
could account for. They spoke with anger and lust and mostly with
lies, Aiden spoke with only his heart, and for that she instantly
loved him.
Their eyes met and
something stirred deep inside of her, she knew she couldn’t lose
him.
“I promise to bring him
back safe and sound.” She smiled at Jared, but he refused to
budge.
“Sorry sister, no man left
behind, he’s coming with me.” He reached for Aiden’s arm, but Aiden
stepped away.
“Not tonight Jared. I’m
staying.” Aiden wrapped his fingers between Esilee’s.
“Then I stay too.” Jared
said as he sat down on the barstool next to him.
Esilee and Aiden looked at
one another, unsure what to do next, both desperate to stay
together, alone. She mouthed a word to Aiden and he nodded, looking
away from his friend.
Softly, she began to sing
a song about deep rivers and secrets beneath the rushing water.
Jared swayed as if caught in the imaginary current, and drifted
towards the door. Without looking back he left the shack, Aiden
heard the truck start and pull away into the night.
“Will he make it home
okay?” He asked.
“Yes, he’ll be fine, I
promise. In a few days he’ll remember you were both here, but he
won’t remember leaving you here, or anything else about
tonight.”
Aiden looked towards the
door one last time as she led him towards the stage, towards the
same dark portal she’d taken the man earlier, the man she’d
devoured.
“Goodnight Rocco.” She
called to the bartender. He only nodded and headed for the parking
lot.
“Does he have any idea
what goes on here?” Aiden asked.
“Not really, I keep him in
a fog when he’s here. He knows he works here, he knows not to let
the men get out of hand and he knows to go home. Once he’s home
he’s normal until I see him again. It’s safer for him.”
She pushed open the large
wood door and Aiden couldn’t help looking around anxiously. The
room was large with natural wood walls and deep aqua marine
decorations. A circular rug covered most of the floor. It was a
deep blue with thin gold strands running through it. In the far
corner sat a king sized canopy bed, a deep blue curtain hung all
around it. In the corner across from the bed sat an antique
chifforobe and a dressing curtain. Esilee stepped behind the
curtain and Aiden waited patiently for her. With the curtain
between them he couldn’t tell if she was saying anything. Often
people forgot when talking to him that he had to be looking at
their face to understand them.
Her dress appeared
suddenly as she slung it over the curtain, followed by a sheer lace
bra. The idea of her naked behind the thin sheet made him ache. He
wanted to gaze endlessly at her flawless skin, to watch her move,
to taste her lips. He’d never wanted anything more in his whole
life.
Esilee peered around the
curtain watching with amusement as he shifted uncomfortably
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